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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Scandal \Scan"dal\, noun [F. scandale, fr. L. scandalum, Gr. ?, a snare laid for an enemy, a stumbling block, offense, scandal: cf. OE. scandle, OF. escandle. See {Slander}.]
1. Offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgrace.
O, what a scandal is it to our crown, That two such noble peers as ye should jar! --Shak.
[I] have brought scandal To Israel, diffidence of God, and doubt In feeble hearts. --Milton.
2. Reproachful aspersion; opprobrious censure; defamatory talk, uttered heedlessly or maliciously.
You must not put another scandal on him. --Shak.
My known virtue is from scandal free. --Dryden.
3. (Equity) Anything alleged in pleading which is impertinent, and is reproachful to any person, or which derogates from the dignity of the court, or is contrary to good manners. --Daniell.
Syn: Defamation; detraction; slander; calumny; opprobrium; reproach; shame; disgrace.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Scandal \Scan"dal\, verb (used with an object)
1. To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce; to slander. [R.]
I do fawn on men and hug them hard And after scandal them. --Shak.
2. To scandalize; to offend. [Obs.] --Bp. Story.
Syn: To defame; traduce; reproach; slander; calumniate; asperse; vilify; disgrace.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
scandal
noun
1: disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people [syn: {dirt}, {malicious gossip}]
2: a disgraceful event [syn: {outrage}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
80 Moby Thesaurus words for "scandal": abomination, abuse, asperse, aspersion, atrocity, backbiting, backstabbing, bad, badge of infamy, belittlement, bitchiness, black mark, black spot, blemish, burning shame, byword, byword of reproach, calumniate, calumniation, calumny, cattiness, character assassination, damage, defamation, defame, defilement, degradation, denigrate, depreciation, desecration, dirt, dirty shame, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparagement, disrepute, embarrassment, error, evil, gossip column, humiliation, ignominy, infamy, iniquity, innuendo, insinuation, juicy morsel, knavery, libel, low-down dirty shame, malicious gossip, obliquity, obloquy, outrage, peccancy, pity, profanation, reproach, reprobacy, sacrilege, scandalize, scandalmongering, shame, sin, slander, slur, smear, smirch, spot, stigma, taint, tale, terrible thing, tidbit, traducement, villainy, violation, whispering campaign, wrong
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